astonish
verb (used with object)
to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze.
had been astonishing
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past perfect progressiveof astonish.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Mrs Macpherson said the evidence given to the inquest, which concluded on 8 July, had been "astonishing".
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2024
Gill Harrison, who runs Wensleydale Ice Cream Parlour, near Leyburn, said the wind overnight had been "astonishing".
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024
Dr Woodhouse said finding the Down's syndrome focusing issue had been "astonishing" and the biggest achievement for researchers was discovering the difference that bi-focals could make.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2017
All through these two years and a half of College progress since, he had been astonishing us with similar terrible application and results.
From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
During all these busy years he had been astonishing and delighting the reading world by his truly brilliant papers in the Edinburgh Review, which have been collected and published as Miscellanies.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppee
